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Related: About this forumMeet the women who are up in Brat's grill
Since Donald Trump was elected president in November, Rep. Dave Brat has had a new challenge on his hands: outraged constituents who want to bend his ear.
Maureen Hains, a professional living in Chesterfield County, has replaced Pride and Prejudice binge-watching with nights maintaining a Facebook page with nearly 1,600 followers. Alsuin Preis, a stay-at-home mom in Richmond, now jokes that her car trunk of signs and markers is like a protest-to-go kit. Chrystal Doyle, a school nurse and mother, mines Brats voting record in her free time.
They have cast votes for both Democratic and Republican candidates in state and federal elections, but that was generally the extent of their prior political participation. Hains said she even voted for Brat in the 2014 primary where he upset then-House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and in the general election where he claimed his seat in Congress.
But now, they all proudly say they are the women up in Brats grill, a phrase they borrowed from the congressman himself.
Read more: http://www.richmond.com/news/meet-the-women-who-are-up-in-brat-s-grill/article_c41b47cb-736a-58e4-9448-b99e8f7bac11.html
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Meet the women who are up in Brat's grill (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Feb 2017
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IntraPolitico
(51 posts)1. More of this!
Keep up the great work ladies!
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,000 posts)2. She persisted. +1
The Blue Flower
(5,442 posts)3. Thanks for sharing this
I'll be moving into her area in June, so I just liked her fb page so I can get involved.
TexasTowelie
(112,141 posts)4. You're welcome.
That's why I try to focus on local coverage issues so that people are aware and become involved.